Broken Hallelujah: Nikos Kazantzakis and Christian TheologyMarking the fiftieth anniversary of Kazantzakis's death, author Darren J. N. Middleton looks back on Kazantzakis's life and literary art to suggest that, contrary to popular belief, Kazantzakis and his views actually comport with the ideals of Christianity. |
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... questions we ask is more important than the answers we furnish : To paraphrase Schweitzer , did Kazantzakis consciously follow Renan in feeling that he had to take the New Testament and “ perfume it with sentimentality in order to feel ...
... questions we ask is more important than the answers we furnish : To paraphrase Schweitzer , did Kazantzakis consciously follow Renan in feeling that he had to take the New Testament and “ perfume it with sentimentality in order to feel ...
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... questions have value , at least on this view , for an inquiring spirituality leads ineluctably to an honest , risky , and robust spirituality . As Allen and Williamson explain , an openness to questions is in- tegral to what it means to ...
... questions have value , at least on this view , for an inquiring spirituality leads ineluctably to an honest , risky , and robust spirituality . As Allen and Williamson explain , an openness to questions is in- tegral to what it means to ...
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... question of determining a “ what ” rather than of doing a “ how , " a question of identifying what we believe in or ... questions like the filioque debate , God is a how , not a what . God is the passion of life , the passion of my life ...
... question of determining a “ what ” rather than of doing a “ how , " a question of identifying what we believe in or ... questions like the filioque debate , God is a how , not a what . God is the passion of life , the passion of my life ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
Copyright | |
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